A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING AN INTEGRAL WAISTBAND - Patent 1628613

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EP 1 628 613 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	01.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/09

(21)	Application number: 04785664.6

(22)	Date of filing: 30.03.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 13/496^(2000.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/009729

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/108042 (16.12.2004 Gazette 2004/51)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE GB NL SE

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Priority:

30.05.2003 US 449943

(71)	Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
	Neenah, WI 54956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	VEITH, Jerome, Steven Menasha, WI 54952 (US) VAN GOMPEL, Paul Hortonville, Wisconsin 54944 (US)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. 179 Queen Victoria Street GB-London EC4V 4EL GB-London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING AN INTEGRAL WAISTBAND